Good Old English
rogersgeorge on September 11th, 2016
I recently posted about profanity, mentioning that profanity is sometimes called four-letter words, and Anglo-Saxon. There’s more to Anglo-Saxon than that! Lot’s of good stuff. After all, the early English were hard-working farmers and craftsmen. I ran into a nice encomium about Old English in Medium, which I recommend—it’s a short read. Here’s the last line; it motivated me to post this post.
When you write, think about this split. If you wish for your words to be clean and true, pick the one from old English. If your desire is to appear erudite and pretentious, select the French.
Read the article to see the explanation for the bold and italic. Pretty good advice for good writing, too.
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